On 8th August, H.E. Ambassador Yu Dunhai delivered President Xi Jinping's reply letter to Mr. Martin Azzopardi and his students of the China Corner at St. Margaret College Secondary School in Malta.

In his reply, President Xi Jinping wrote,  "I have always been supportive of people-to-people exchanges between China and Malta, that is why I took time to go to the China Cultural Center during my visit to your country in 2009. Thanks to years of efforts from both sides, the China Corner of St. Margaret College Secondary School has contributed positively to increasing knowledge about China among the Maltese youth and promoting China-Malta friendship. I wish the China Corner even greater success in the future, and welcome faculty members and students to come to China for exchanges and study. "

"In your letter, you quoted from the Book of Rites the idea that 'the whole world is one family', expressing your understanding and appreciation of the Chinese culture. Indeed, peace and harmony amongst all states has been a long-held aspiration of the Chinese nation for the World. With this in mind and for the purpose of tackling global development and international security challenges, China has put forward the Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Development Initiative, and the Global Security Initiative. It is a concrete step on the part of China to galvanize consensus and strength to put the vision of a community with a shared future for mankind into actions."

"This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of China-Malta diplomatic relations. Our bilateral relationship has become a fine example of friendship between two countries of different history and culture. I hope more teachers, students and young people in Malta will actively engage in bilateral cultural exchanges, promote mutual learning between our civilizations, and carry forward the great tradition of friendship between the Chinese and Maltese people."

Ambassador Yu Dunhai said that on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Malta, the teacher and students of China Corner wrote a letter to President Xi Jinping, and President Xi Jinping warmly replied to the letter, which has become a new much-told story of friendship between the two countries. President Xi Jinping's reply fully affirms the positive contribution of China Corner to promoting friendship and cultural exchanges between the two peoples, and expresses his deep expectation for China and Malta to work together to build a community with shared future for mankind. It is hoped that the teacher and students of the China Corner will live up to President Xi Jinping's earnest entrustment and continue to be the promoters of mutual learning between the two civilizations and the inheritors of the friendship between the two peoples, so as to bring new vitality to China-Malta friendship.

Mr. Azzopardi sincerely thanked President Xi Jinping for his encouragement to the teacher and students of the China Corner, and said that he and his students are willing to take President Xi Jinping's reply letter as an opportunity to promote cultural exchanges between the two countries and enhance friendship of the two peoples.

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In July this year, Mr. Azzopardi and his students of the China Corner of St. Margaret College Secondary School wrote to President Xi Jinping to extend their wishes for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and willingness to keep working on the China Corner project to better promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning between Malta and China.